Family and Forebears

I have made some updates to Family and Forebears "Family Pages".  The biggest change that I have made are new ancestor charts.  I have updated all eight of the charts with updated information and I've also standardized them to four generations.  I have embedded these from my Google Docs, so you will be able to zoom in and out to view the information more clearly.

Most of these charts go back a little further than four generations in my database.  If you are looking for an old chart that had more info please contact me - I can send you an email with what you are looking for.  Why did I limit it to four generations? Two reasons, it looks nicer, but also because the further I go back the greater the chance of errors.  So, to make sure I don't provide inaccurate information I've only included the ancestors I'm confident about.  All of these charts start with one of my Great Grandparents.

You can have a look at the new charts by hovering over "Family Pages" in the top bar and select a surname, or you can click one of these links.

The Barnes and Howell Family Page

The Davidson and Liscombe Family Page

The Hoogland and van der Mee Family Page

The Warren and Shepherd Family Page

My goal in the next few months is to create biography posts.  I would like to take the information I have collected in my database and share it though a blog post dedicated to one person at a time.  If you would like to follow updates and new posts you can subscribe to emails.  Just enter your email address under "Follow by Email" in the right sidebar.

Until next time...

I am happy to say that I have FINALLY completed the transfer from "Lisa's Family Pages" (www.lisasfamilypages.weebly.com) to this new blog.  A fresh new look AND I was able to do some "housekeeping".

In addition to my posts, I have added the "Family Pages" to Family and Forebears.  The links below will take you to pages with information on the families and a pedigree chart that you can view.  The family trees can be enlarged within the page or you can click on the arrow in the top right corner (hover your pointer) and that will take you to the original file.  You can find these pages in the top drop-down menu called "Family Pages" as well.

Barnes & Howell Family - Harbour Grace, Notre Dame Bay, Bonavist Bay - Newfoundland, Canada

Davidson & Liscome Family - Caledon, Toronto & Pickering - Ontario, Canada & England

Hoogland & van der Mee Family - Friesland, Leiden, Amsterdam - Holland

Warren & Shepherd Family - Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, California - USA & England


Check out the INDEX as well.  This lists all of the names in my current database (update coming soon!!)

If you would like any more information on any of these families contact me using the contact form.

Image courtesy of pixabay.com 

Original Post 4/22/2014 (Lisa's Family Pages)

I was able to go back one more generation on the Davidson/ Liscombe family tree.  Specifically the Liscombe side.   Not only did I find the names of my 5th Great Grandparents, but I also found the place they were from in Ireland.  This is often hard to find.

William Taylor was born in County Sligo, Ireland around 1788.  He married Susanna Conboy in Ireland.  In 1837 they travelled to Canada with two of their children, one of whom is our direct ancestor Margaret Taylor.  Their third child, John Taylor, was born on the Atlantic Ocean during their voyage to North America.

William and Susanna (aka Susan) settled in Brock, Ontario where they had more children and farmed their land.

Susanna Conboy Taylor died in 1860 around the age of 58.  It is noted in the 1861 Canadian Census that she died of Breast Cancer.  William Taylor died a Gentleman in 1881 at the age of 95 years and 10 months young.  It is noted on his death record that he was the oldest man in the Township of Brock, Ontario. 

Original post 2/2/2014 ( Lisa's Family Pages)

I have updated the Davidson/Liscombe family tree and I have added an image to the Historical Documents page.

Denis Reardon and Mary Cook (Kate Reardon’s parents) were married on January 4th, 1862 at the Chapel of Our Lady of Dolours church, in the District of Camberwell in the County of Surrey, England.   Both were of "Full age".  Denis was a milk carrier.  They both lived at 4 Victoria Place, High Street in Peckham. I was able to get more needed information from this which will be helpful.  The names of their fathers are John Reardon and John Cook.  John Reardon was a General Labourer.  John Cook was a "Fruit Hawker" which means he sold fruit on the street.  Their witnesses were John Dinahan & Alice Ginan.  I will look into these names more to see if the witnesses were relatives.  This might get me a bit farther back now that I know the father's names. They left Ireland for England, and then from England travelled to Canada in 1867 - 5 years after they were married.

I used the FreeBMD site to obtain the registration information needed to request the document from the General Register Office of England (GRO).   This site has been helpful for many of our ancestors.